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Such has been the case for the Reds far too often during the Premier League era.

If ever there is a club guilty of becoming carried away with themselves, it's Liverpool.

During the past 25 years, there have been numerous occasions when the Anfield outfit, whether unwittingly or not, have allowed themselves to become swept along by the tide of emotion that so often follows a landmark result.

The most infamous, most costly example of this arguably came during the title challenge of 2014 and the visit of Chelsea.

So desperate are Liverpool and their supporters for success – one trophy in almost 12 years, don't forget – that every major result is greeted with euphoria, every setback as the end of the world.

No team, no matter how successful, is immune to results such as the one at the Liberty Stadium on Monday night.

Nor do they completely avoid the sense of comedown that was inevitable after the manner in which Manchester City were beaten.

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Perspective is everything. Consider this.

Imagine a season in which Liverpool lose twice to Manchester United, win at only one of the bottom seven clubs, are beaten at home by the team that finishes last, fail to score in two visits to Wembley and are knocked out of the FA Cup by a second-tier side.

It would be enough to send the modern-day, social media-active Reds fanbase into meltdown.

Such a season, as you may have guessed, has already happened.

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But many would be surprised to discover all of that happened in the 1983-84 season, Liverpool's most successful season ever when they clinched the treble of league championship, League Cup and European Cup.

While the bar has since been raised, then, like now, the Reds were criticised for each setback. They had, though, earned the right to be cut a little slack.

Liverpool, though, will always be a special case, forever carrying a weight of history that increases each year their title drought, now poised to enter a 28th year, extends.

... but matters were a lot less happy at Swansea City (Image: Nick Potts/PA Wire.)

Tottenham Hotspur, the team most likely to threaten the Reds' top-four place, suffered a result not much better than Liverpool at the weekend, but there wasn't anywhere near the same level of teeth-gnashing after a disappointing 1-1 draw at Southampton.

That was curious given Spurs are five points and three places worse off than this stage last season. Liverpool, beaten just five times in their last 46 games in all competitions, are one point better off.

This, though, won't be of any consolation to fans picking apart Monday night's events, from the ongoing reticence to replace Philippe Coutinho in the transfer window, issues at right-back and just who should be captain.

Commonsense and sheer logic indicates Liverpool, under Klopp, are improving each year.